"SSD Required?"

[2Dement3D]

Really??
First time that I've heard a game "requiring" one.

Edit: For the record, as much as I've enjoyed the comments calling me poor over the last couple of days, I do in fact have an SSD. I've had at least one in every build since 2010. That doesn't change the fact that this is the first game that I've seen on Steam that states that it is REQUIRED (not "recommended", but "required"), to have a SSD to be able to function.

It really is a big turning point because there are definitely still people that exist who only have HDDs and might not be able to run the game. Heck, some people might have a SSD but don't have the 125GB available on it for this game because it was only recently where 1TB+ storage capacity started becoming more prevalent.

[Warlander]

Welcome to 10 years ago

[2Dement3D]

Originally posted by Warlander:

Welcome to 10 years ago

Name a game that requires an SSD on Steam.
Bonus points if you get one from 10 years ago.

[Avroveks]

I agree, but SSD are very cheap these days, so it would be better if new games included them as a requirement.

[FLy1n RabBit]

Originally posted by 2Dement3D:

Originally posted by Warlander:

Welcome to 10 years ago

Name a game that requires an SSD on Steam.
Bonus points if you get one from 10 years ago.

The Dead Space remake

[Terrian]

Games are starting to leave crossgen behind.
Current gen consoles have SSDs.
It's not rocket science.

[MooP]

HDD transfer rates are around 100 MB/s to 200 MB/s.
SSD transfer rates are around 200MB/s to 550MB/s.
M.2 NVMe rates are around 2GB/s to 7GB/s+.

Just upgrade your hardware...
You are strangling your PC sticking with a HDD.

I only use HDD's for movie storage, otherwise I'm using all M.2 storage & everyone by now should be on at least SSD's for your OS...

[Bee🐝]

They recommend an SSD for The Last of Us and Cyberpunk as well.

This is going to be the new norm.

[2Dement3D]

Originally posted by Bee🐝:

They recommend an SSD for The Last of Us and Cyberpunk as well.

This is going to be the new norm.

Of course an SSD would be recommended for any game, but this game says it's required, i.e. doesn't work unless you have one. I've not seen that happen.

[Butcher]

Originally posted by Bee🐝:

They recommend an SSD for The Last of Us and Cyberpunk as well.

This is going to be the new norm.

For games with apology letters? Clearly SSD requirement is a sign of high quality and totally not ignoring optimization.

[omgitsbees]

would never put an HDD in my PC anymore. They are extremely slow, and unreliable due to moving mechanical parts.

[Warlander]

Originally posted by 2Dement3D:

Originally posted by Warlander:

Welcome to 10 years ago

Name a game that requires an SSD on Steam.
Bonus points if you get one from 10 years ago.

Im more talking about the fact that 10 years ago you probably should have had a ssd if you took pc gaming even remotely seriously

[2Dement3D]

Originally posted by FLy1n RabBit:

Originally posted by 2Dement3D:

Name a game that requires an SSD on Steam.
Bonus points if you get one from 10 years ago.

The Dead Space remake

You could run the game on a HDD. It had stutters sometimes because of things loading slowly, but you could play the game on a HDD.

[zpc]

For some people it's better to write it down in the specs - otherwise they'd still use HDD and moan about performance.

[Butcher]

Originally posted by omgitsbees:

HDD

Originally posted by omgitsbees:

unreliable

You can test how long SSD would last compared to HDD in an event of power outage. Hint: SSD loses.

[vkobe]

Originally posted by 2Dement3D:

Originally posted by Warlander:

Welcome to 10 years ago

Name a game that requires an SSD on Steam.
Bonus points if you get one from 10 years ago.

hogwart legacy ?